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​CALL FOR ENTRIES!
CCAC and Craftmakers Group Present - FRESH! New works in Fine Craft.
This is a juried show at Art Center Morro Bay, May 15-June 23, in the upstairs gallery’s interior space. The exhibition will be presented on pedestals, shelves and free-standing walls. 3D works are encouraged.
The Call For Entry is now available HERE.
Entry Deadline: April 25, midnight
Delivery of Artwork(s): May 13
Fine Craft = items made by one’s hand. Traditional, contemporary, and folk crafts considered in wood, clay, natural fiber, textiles, body adornment, non-traditional sculpture, glass, metal, collage, and mixed media. Jewelry is encouraged.
Lisa Stromsoe, Director CCAC/Craftmakers Group.
Patchwork Heart by Dianne Draze
Workshops
Sensing Place Through Fiber Paper Collage with Jacqueline Mallegni,
May 29 - June 1. Willow Pond, SLO. Apply by April 29. Explore the nature of textured paper combined with foraged materials, thread, ink and dye. Permeate your collage panels with a sense of place from the natural environs or from an idea or story that is ready to be told. Inclusions such as thread, photos, decorative paper, plant fiber, ink, plant-based stain, and indigo can be applied for surface embellishment and depth.
Abstract Alchemy - Black, White and Warm Metallics with Judith Kruger, September 15-19. Willow Pond, SLO. Apply by August 10. Paint, ink, and homemade gesso will be made from inorganic and organic sources including pine soot, tree resin, insect, shells, and earth minerals. Metallic leafing and alchemic oxidation techniques will be introduced. Painting and collage techniques will be covered as well as Eastern paper sizing.
https://www.willowpondslo.com/artist-workshops-san-luis-obispo
The Pottery, Atascadero, Classes: April 22-May 27. https://thepotteryatascadero.com/classes
ABOUT US:
CRAFTMAKERS has a new name! We are now the CENTRAL COAST CRAFT COALITION, an independent group of artists working in a variety of 2-D and 3-D mediums. We seek to expand and improve as artisans by hosting and participating in multiple specialized exhibitions over the next few years, which will be held in delightfully unique spaces. Several exhibition opportunities are currently in the planning stages. We have access to a wide variety of jurors and curators from various regions and backgrounds, and a new director to help us advance, not only as a group, but as an inclusive SLO County fine craft community.
There are quite a few untapped potential exhibition spaces out there that are worth exploring. Many of us can benefit from having our work enjoyed by a wider audience.
Primarily, the shows hosted by our group have been exhibitions at Art Center Morro Bay, by way of the Central Coast Artists Collective. Both of these entities have been very generous with inclusion over these past few years. Please support them if you can.
Until we meet each other and exchange information, leads, connections, agendas etc., I’ll be continuing to move forward with gathering information to report back to our group.
Many of you have great ideas that you may have been ruminating on for years! For now, please spread the word and encourage anyone in your art circle to join the CC CRAFT COALITION, through the Central Coast Artists Collective.
Lisa Stromsöe /Director
Keasha Willingham /Membership
Ross Hale, Ceramicist and Sculptor